Nithering

Wind chill is a blunt tool; it freezes you just as surely as colder conditions. The RSPB reserve at Saltholmesuffered brisk north westerlies as an Atlantic low swept down cold air from further north, freezing all.

That includes the birds and mammals, but they seem to take it in their stride.

He turned to face the hide and revealed the eyes at each side of his head.

This allows the bird to see a larger field of few than we can with binocular vision. They can see most of what’s behind themselves, with panoramic, almost 360° vision. It’s a useful trick if you are being constantly threatened by predators. But what might those predators be?

This fox is being very lazy, eating the spilled seeds from the feeders above. On the feeders across the reserve were a range of birds, including Greenfinches and Goldfinches, the latter squabbling mid air with each other over who gets to feed.